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Mr Jenkin had been asked to explain what pro-Brexit Tory MPs would do if Theresa May failed to "scratch Chequers" and was able to return to his answer after asking Ms Derbyshire to stop cutting in.

The seasoned Brexiteer argued that whether Mrs May abandoned her latest Brexit blueprint or not, Parliament would not allow the legislation to pass.

He continued: "The House of Commons is not going to vote for a Chequers deal. There aren’t the votes in the House of Commons.

"The Labour Party is against it, the Scottish National Party is against it, a very substantial number of Conservative MPs will not vote for it. The Chequers proposal is not an option."

Brexit news: Mr Jenkin demanded Ms Derbyshire (Image: BBC NEWS)

Can I just finish the point, please? You keep interrupting me

Bernard Jenkin

Mrs May has been facing pressure from Tories and other British politicians alike voicing discontent with her plans to establish a free trade area with the EU and to have it regulated through a common rulebook.

Mr Jenkin also said the party would steer the Prime Minister back to her original Brexit plans as put forward in her Lancaster House speech in January 2017.

He added: "Plan B is to get back to what the Government’s policy was in our manifesto and her leadership speech and in the Lancaster House speech that we should offer the EU a comprehensive free trade deal which is greatly to their advantage because they export so much more to us than we do to them.

"There’s a balance of risks whatever route we take. There’s been a referendum, the United Kingdom has voted to leave and we voted to leave the single market. The Government’s own leaflet said that’s what would happen."